Sacred 2: Fallen Angel

Sacred
Sacred	2004
Sacred 2: Fallen Angel	2008
Sacred Citadel	2013
Sacred 3	2014

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions (Sacred 2 Gold)

Steam Community Discussions

SacredWiki: a community maintained wiki that also hosts the community patch.

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 7 and SecuROM PA DRM. Russian copies use StarForce 5 DRM and its online activation.
Gamesplanet		Gold Edition.
GOG.com		Gold Edition.
Humble Store		Gold Edition.
Steam		Gold Edition.

Version differences[edit]

The Gold Edition is a complete edition containing the base game and the Ice and Blood add-on needed for the community patch.

Downloadable content (DLC) and expansions

Name	Notes
Ice & Blood

Essential improvements[edit]

Patches[edit]

A community patch is available to anyone who has the add-on installed. Be sure to run Sacred2Updater.exe after installing it so that you get the latest version.

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Ascaron Entertainment\Sacred 2
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/225640/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Ascaron Entertainment\Sacred 2
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/225640/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Possible through editing the OptionsDefault.txt
4K Ultra HD		Possibly hackable but no idea how it would impact the game
Field of view (FOV)	FOV only needs to be edited if playing in Ultra Widescreen.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	Off, x2, x4
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	No frame rate or refresh rate cap.^[1]

Better Textures[edit]

The Collectors Edition came with a third disc with Elite textures adding an extra option to the graphics menu for them.
Deep Silver are happy for people to download these textures but cannot supply them as the original developer went bankrupt. Post from Deep Silver community manager.

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Audio settings[edit]

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Music, Sound Effects and Speech all have separate levels.
Surround sound		Speaker modes: 2.0, 4.0, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, 8.1.
Subtitles		Mission text displayed in dialog boxes.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX 5.0.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German				With this Fan made mod you can play the high elf with the voice of the seraphim.
Italian
Spanish

VR support[edit]

3D modes	Native	Notes
vorpX		G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Network[edit]

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play		Official servers have been shut down; see Online play.

Online play[edit]

Internet LAN play can work through Tungle, Hamachi and other VPN services

Tungle is recommended although other services will work.

Setting up Internet LAN play^{[citation needed]}

Download and install Tungle. Tungle Download.
Run Tungle and Register/Login.
Go to the Sacred 2 Channel
Run Sacred 2 and select Multiplayer (CM Multiplayer if using the Community Patch).
Load a character.
Create or select a game and enter lobby.

If the host has the Community Patch installed you must also have the Community Patch to join. The lobby will inform you if they do.

Issues fixed[edit]

Steam version crashes on launch[edit]

The Steam version Sacred 2 Gold will crash if launched when the beta client of Steam is installed.^{[citation needed]}

Instructions^{[citation needed]}

Go to settings in the Steam client and opt out of the Beta for the Steam client.
Restart Steam and let it download any client updates required.

Windows 7 compatibility[edit]

Under Windows 7 Sacred 2: Fallen Angel (Release-Version 2.0.2. or if fully patched 2.4.3.) will crash constantly.

Under Windows 7 the Add-on Sacred 2: Ice&Blood (Release-Version 2.64.0.0) will crash constantly.

There is no official Windows 7 Fix-Patch for Sacred 2: Fallen Angel. Here is a post on the Steam forum outlining potential steps to getting Sacred 2 to work on Windows 7. However, the only reliable solution is to buy the Add-on.

(pertaining to v2.43 DRM-free German) Game will work only if Windows Aero is turned off.^{[citation needed]}

Only for the Add-on Sacred 2: Ice&Blood: Install Official Fix-Patch^{[citation needed]}

Go to the official patch site: Update Sacred 2.
Choose the right language for your version.
Download and install patch 2.65.1.0.

Notes

The DRM-free version of Sacred 2: Gold installs pre-patched to 2.65.1.0.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP3, Vista SP2
Processor (CPU)	2.4 GHz	Dual Core 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	20 GB	25 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 6800 ATI Radeon X800 256 MB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS ATI Radeon 3870 512 MB of VRAM

The elite textures if installed take up an additional 9 GB of hard drive space.

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/225640/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (225640) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ New 120Hz Games Report

[Proton_path_note-1] 1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/225640/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (225640) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[2] New 120Hz Games Report

[Note 1]

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Developers

	Ascaron Entertainment
Publishers
	Deep Silver
Release dates
Windows	November 11, 2008